Changelings

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Podcast

Believing the Bizarre | Paranormal Podcast

Society & Culture, Science, Comedy, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What is a Changeling?
In this exploration of Celtic changelings and fairy folklore, we dive into the chilling mythology of supernatural infant swapping in Ireland.
First, we examine how faerie changelings were believed to infiltrate human families by replacing human babies with fairy offspring, leading to centuries of paranoid parents employing various protective measures like iron implements and father's clothing around cribs. The changeling stories often featured bizarre characteristics that parents were told to watch for, including unusual intelligence, razor-sharp teeth, and an inability to grow - all part of the rich tapestry of fairy kidnapping lore that permeated Irish culture.
Then, we discuss both mythological accounts and historical records, including a compelling story about a mother who used boiling eggshells to expose a fairy changeling in her home, demonstrating the deep-rooted nature of these changeling legends in Celtic tradition.

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0:00.0	What would you do if your loved one looked the same, but you knew they were different?
0:05.9	Does the fay threat still haunt Ireland?
0:09.7	And did a myth lead to the brutal murder of a young woman?
0:14.4	Today we test the believability of the changeling.
0:22.6	Thank you. Angeling. ... ... Welcome to Believing the Bazaar.
0:44.3	Where we dive into the unknown and the unusual.
0:46.3	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
0:48.7	Welcome to the Tuesday, where we are here fighting off Tyler's arch nemesis,
0:53.7	Static Electricity. And the cold. This is a handicap match. Well, actually, it's... where we are here fighting off Tyler's arch nemesis, static electricity.
0:54.6	And the cold.
0:56.0	This is a handicap match.
0:57.5	Well, actually, it is a tack team because I assume you're on my team.
1:01.2	I'm about the other team, actually.
1:03.6	It's three against one.
1:05.0	Okay.
1:05.7	Yeah, it is cold in here.
1:07.3	There's electricity that's shocking me here.
1:09.7	So things are bumping at the studio.
1:11.9	Yeah, but I'm so excited to get this. It's another Faye episode. We're here with the fairies.
1:17.0	Is it though? Absolutely. Is it though? Absolutely. There's nothing in here. That's not Faye.
1:23.1	Changelings. What do you think it is? Creature like like shape-shifter. Sorry, friend.
1:28.3	Well, we'll see.
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